Current Events

Ruining it for everyone else

15. March 2010

A high school prom is canceled after a lesbian asked if was okay to bring her girlfriend. A simple answer would have sufficed there, don’t you think? And we all know that peanut butter is not allowed in schools because one of the kids might have an allergy to peanuts. Now Detroit city employees [...]

Letter to the President

14. March 2010

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95 year old Harold Estes, a retired Master Chief Boatswains Mate, wrote a scathing letter to President Obama. Via Pat Dollard, this is verified authentic. Dear President Obama, My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle [...]

Why weren’t they running and screaming?

12. March 2010

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UFO filmed in Italy last year. Reminds me of the scene in Independence Day where the clueless wait atop a tall building for the fuzzy wuzzy aliens to come get them. Or blow them to bits, which is what happened. Why assume they love us?

Florida cuts all library funding

12. March 2010

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Libraries are a critical part of any community. People visit the library not just to check out books but to go online. Check out movies. Read the paper. Research family or town genealogy. Look at maps. Story time! The library was very much a part of my life while growing up; [...]

Political Spectrum

12. March 2010

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If you have seven minutes to spare, this is a very good explanation and overview of the different types of government… and why we are a Republic and not a Democracy.

Killer Lizard

11. March 2010

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Nah, not really. This is hilarious, though.

Judge Gershon: ACORN must be funded

11. March 2010

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After many of the offices closed and reorganized under new names, Judge Nina Gershon has decided that federal funds to ACORN should continue. And as of two days ago the group was still under federal investigation. NYC judge: Govt must stop blocking money to ACORN A federal judge who found it unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut [...]

Spatial Planning

10. March 2010

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After yesterday’s post, this updated take from the Christian Science Monitor: Fishermen’s fear: Public’s ‘right to fish’ shifting under Obama? By Patrik Jonsson Patrik Jonsson – Tue Mar 9, 6:17 pm ET Atlanta – The Obama administration has proposed using United Nations-guided principles to expand a type of zoning to coastal and even some inland waters. [...]

What If you don’t answer?

10. March 2010

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We received a form letter from Uncle Sam yesterday, its sole purpose to inform our household that the official census form would show up in a week. I’ve seen a lot of stupidity my life, but this takes the cake. Mows the lawn. Buys me a Hershey bar. Flogs the trapeze swinging midget. [...]

New Obama regulations would ban sport fishing

9. March 2010

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The environmental zealots have tugged on obama’s nose ring and now new regulations could ban fishing and further decimate the economy. Not to mention piss off 60,000,000 people. ESPN: Culled Out The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation’s oceans, coastal areas, [...]